I very like the story and audio.
Thanks Torsten and Alain,
In the story we read:…gosts or hounting not wasnt mentioned…
I do not understand the function of not.
Best regards
It’s incorrect.
It appears to be a typo.
The ‘not’ shouldn’t be there.
Another typo (and there’s one just before this where ‘no harm’ is written twice.)
It would be clearer if the punctuation were correct:
You see it depended on the way “made an appearance” is interpreted.
In other words, ‘made an appearance’ can be taken several ways:
- actually was there
- the presence appeared in the form of ghostly happenings.
- did not really appear, but was imagined.
EDIT
How strange! the post which this answers has disappeared! It related to the last paragraph of the story.
The typos have been corrected. Many thanks for pointing them out.[YSaerTTEW443543]
TOEIC listening, talks: A voice mail message greeting from a bank[YSaerTTEW443543]
Hello Bez,
Did you correct the original text because I don’t find any mistake in it?
Alan wrote a story as it would happen in the reality. The reader thinks that he is reading a story-about a vivid imagination uncle, who moreover seventh son of a seven son , and who saw a ghost in his house, so his house became famous because its haunting. Reading the story we believe that something haunted thing happened in the uncle’s house.-Only in the end he reveals that he wrote the nephew’s dream - who spent some days in the uncle’s house, - who fell asleep at the TV. The story is the story of his dream.
Am I right? If no, please tell me what means what you had written because I don’t understand.
Many thanks:
Kati
Hello Bez,
I wanted something to add to the #42 (permalink) -video
I think Rony is a very good teacher , but now she wanted to explain very simply, easily.
Passive - Active
When I watched this video it disturbed me that she wrote:
1.An active sentence: I eat lunch. ( I think she wanted to explain very simply that’s why she called the object a noun.) Okay, I accept but I think very important to stress that the object in an active sentence, it will be the subject in the passive sentence. If she said this is the subject, she could have named the object on its name.
2The second what disturbed me.(only grammarly)
The passive equivalent of I eat lunch is : Lunch is eaten.
If the active sentence: I ate lunch. In passive I can say [b] Lunch was eaten.
Active future:… I will eat lunch.…passive: Lunch will be eaten.
What is your opinion? I never found any mistake in Rony’s videos, but this 2 paragraph surprised me.
What is your opinion?
Regards:
Kati
I haven’t watched the video.
I (subject, pronoun)
eat (verb)
lunch (object, noun)
Lunch (subject, noun)
is eaten (verb)
(by) me (object, pronoun. - often omitted)
I eat lunch
Lunch is eaten (by me).
I ate lunch.
Lunch was eaten (by me).
I will eat lunch.
Lunch will be eaten (by me).
Hello Bez,
Thanks for your acknowledgement. You confirmed what I wrote.
Regards:
Kati
I would like to share with you a very good chart about the active and the passive voice conjugation. I. Part
Active voice
infinitive: to eat
Present continuous
I am eating
you are eating
he/she/it is eating
we are eating
you are eating
they are eating
Present perfect
I have eaten
you have eaten
he/she/it has eaten
we have eaten
you have eaten
they have eaten
Future
I will eat
you will eat
he/she/it will eat
we will eat
you will eat
they will eat
Future perfect
I will have eaten
you will have eaten
he/she/it will have eaten
we will have eaten
you will have eaten
they will have eaten
Past continuous
I was eating
you were eating
he/she/it was eating
we were eating
you were eating
they were eating
Past perfect
I had eaten
you had eaten
he/she/it had eaten
we had eaten
you had eaten
they had eaten
Future continuous
I will be eating
you will be eating
he/she/it will be eating
we will be eating
you will be eating
they will be eating
Present perfect continuous
I have been eating
you have been eating
he/she/it has been eating
we have been eating
you have been eating
they have been eating
Past perfect continuous
I had been eating
you had been eating
he/she/it had been eating
we had been eating
you had been eating
they had been eating
Future perfect continuous
I will have been eating
you will have been eating
he/she/it will have been eating
we will have been eating
you will have been eating
they will have been eating
Conditionals in active voice
Present
I would eat lunch
Present Continuous
I would be eating lunch
Present Perfect
I would have eaten lunch
Present Perfect Continuous
I would have been eating lunch
Passive voice
infinitive to be washed
simple present It is eaten.
past It was eaten.
future It will be eaten.
conditional It would be eaten.
continuous present It is being eaten.
past It was being eaten.
future It will be being eaten.
conditional It would be being eaten.
perfect simple present It has been eaten.
past It had been eaten.
future It will have been eaten.
conditional It would have been eaten.
perfect continuous present It has been being eaten.
past It had been being eaten.
future It will have been being eaten.
conditional It would have been being eaten.
With this chart we can control the Haunted 's passive verbs where we could place.
was built
could still be found
it was bought by sb
it had been owned by sb
are recorded
it is situated
it was haunted,
it never had been proved
was only occupied by him
she was being watched
she could no longer be seen
it must be pointed out
he was hypnotized
he was bored
She could not be persuaded
will be convinced
he was endowed
couldn’t be disputed
you are invited to
I was invited by sb
You are given
was referred to
to be convinced
was given
had been exhausted
was carried out
were exchanged
will be surprised
was pushed
were rubbed together.
was quite taken aback
wasn’t frightened at all
be persuaded to join me in a game of cards."
wasn’t mentioned
I was dealt
He was overwhelmed by sth
was verified by sb
no harm was done
is interpreted.
Active and passive voice with helping werbs. 2.parts.
PRESENT / FUTURE MODALS
The passive form follows this pattern:
WILL / WON’T (WILL NOT)
Active:
Sharon will invite Tom to the party.
Sharon won’t invite Jeff to the party.
(Sharon will not invite Jeff to the party.)
WILL / WON’T (WILL NOT)
Passive:
Tom will be invited to the party by Sharon.
Jeff won’t be invited to the party by Sharon.
(Jeff will not be invited to the party by Sharon.)
CAN / CAN’T (CAN NOT)
Active:
Mai can foretell the future.
Terry can’t foretell the future.
(Terry can not foretell the future.)
CAN / CAN’T (CAN NOT)
Passive:
The future can be foretold by Mai.
The future can’t be foretold by Terry.
(The future can not be foretold by Terry.)
MAY / MAY NOT
Active:
Her company may give Katya a new office.
The lazy students may not do the homework.
MIGHT / MIGHT NOT
active
Her company might give Katya a new office.
The lazy students might not do the homework. Passive: MAY / MAY NOT
Katya may be given a new office by her company.
The homework may not be done by the lazy students.
MIGHT / MIGHT NOT
passive
Katya might be given a new office by her company.
The homework might not be done by the lazy students.
SHOULD / SHOULDN’T
Active:
Students should memorize English verbs.
Children shouldn’t smoke cigarettes.
SHOULD / SHOULDN’T
Passive:
English verbs should be memorized by students.
Cigarettes shouldn’t be smoked by children.
OUGHT TO
Active:
Students ought to learn English verbs.
(negative ought to is rarely used)
OUGHT TO
Passive:
English verbs ought to be memorized by students.
HAD BETTER / HAD BETTER NOT
Active:
Students had better practice English every day.
Children had better not drink whiskey.
HAD BETTER / HAD BETTER NOT
Passive:
English had better be practiced every day by students.
Whiskey had better not be drunk by children.
MUST / MUST NOT
Active:
Tourists must apply for a passport to travel abroad.
Customers must not use that door.
MUST / MUST NOT
Passive:
A passport to travel abroad must be applied for.
That door must not be used by customers.
HAS TO / HAVE TO
Active:
She has to practice English every day.
Sara and Miho have to wash the dishes every day.
DOESN’T HAVE TO/ DON’T HAVE TO
Active:
Maria doesn’t have to clean her bedroom every day.
The children don’t have to clean their bedrooms every day.
HAS TO / HAVE TO
Passive:
English has to be practiced every day.
The dishes have to be washed by them every day.
DOESN’T HAVE TO/ DON’T HAVE TO
Passive:
Her bedroom doesn’t have to be cleaned every day.
Their bedrooms don’t have to be cleaned every day.
BE SUPPOSED TO
Active:
I am supposed to type the composition.
I am not supposed to copy the stories in the book.
Janet is supposed to clean the living room.
She isn’t supposed to eat candy and gum.
They are supposed to make dinner for the family.
They aren’t supposed to make dessert.
BE SUPPOSED TO
Passive:
The composition is supposed to be typed by me.
The stories in the book are not supposed to be copied.
The living room is supposed to be cleaned by Janet.
Candy and gum aren’t supposed to be eaten by her.
Dinner for the family is supposed to be made by them.
Dessert isn’t supposed to be made by them.
PAST MODALS
Active: SHOULD HAVE / SHOULDN’T HAVE
The students should have learned the verbs.
The children shouldn’t have broken the window.
SHOULD HAVE / SHOULDN’T HAVE
Passive:
The verbs should have been learned by the students.
The window shouldn’t have been broken by the children.
OUGHT TO
Active:
Students ought to have learned the verbs.
(negative ought to is rarely used)
OUGHT TO
Passive:
The verbs ought to have been learned by the students.
BE SUPPOSED TO (past time)
Active:
I was supposed to type the composition.
I wasn’t supposed to copy the story in the book.
Janet was supposed to clean the living room.
She wasn’t supposed to eat candy and gum.
Frank and Jane were supposed to make dinner.
They weren’t supposed to make dessert.
BE SUPPOSED TO (past time)
Passive:
The composition was supposed to be typed by me.
The story in the book wasn’t supposed to be copied.
The living room was supposed to be cleaned by Janet.
Candy and gum weren’t supposed to be eaten by her.
Dinner was supposed to be made by them.
Dessert wasn’t supposed to be made by them.
MAY / MAY NOT
Active:
That firm may have offered Katya a new job.
The students may not have written the paper.
MIGHT / MIGHT NOT
passive:
That firm might have offered Katya a new job.
The students might not have written the paper.
MAY / MAY NOT
Passive:
Katya may have been offered a new job by that firm.
The paper may not have been written by the students.
MIGHT / MIGHT NOT
Passive:
Katya might have been offered a new job by that firm.
The paper might not have been written by the students.
I want to know how to use “HOPE” FOR EXPECTATIONS, thank you.
That’s a very general question.
You just use ‘hope’ as the verb in exactly the same way as you do for wanting something to happen. The context indicates the exact meaning of ‘hope’.
Dear Bees…,
We can say: I hoped you did your best.( expectation)
But: I hope you will be healthy till this weekend.
I hope you did your best.
‘I hoped…’ would be unusual as it would indicate you stopped hoping.
‘I hope you will be healthy till this weekend,’ is really strange. It indicates that after that you don’t care whether he is healthy or not. Perhaps you mean
I hope you will be healthy for this weekend. This would be used if something special were happening at the weekend which required the person to be in the best of health.
Thanks Bev,
I think the old real problem, inevitably, is that I am trying to translate phrases of mother language into English. This does not work. Thanks anyway.
I write them again and try to write correctly:
I hope you will get a good score in the final test.
I hope I was informed of your decision in advance.
I hope you will get a good score in the final test.
I hope to be informed of your decision in advance.
passive infinitives
Example: The students hope to be given their own books. (give)
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The little boy likes to be held by his mother. (hold)
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He doesn’t want to be sent to Afghanistan. (send)
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The landlord asked to be paid on time. (pay)
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The new workers need to be shown how to use the machines. (show)
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The passenger is to be escorted off of the plane as soon as it arrives. (escort)
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Customers expect to be helped when they are in the store. (help)
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Dinner is to be served at 7 p.m. (serve)
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The prisoners are soon to be released by their captors. (release)
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To be asked for advice by the President was a great honor. (ask)
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They don’t want to be cheated when they buy the car. (cheat)
Part B.
Directions: Rewrite each short sentence or question using a passive infinitive:
Example: He wants to marry someone. / He wants to be married.
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She wants a doctor to see her. / She wants to be seen by a doctor.
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I need you to give me more time. / I need to be given more time.
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John hopes that company hires him. / John hopes to be hired by that company.
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Runners in the street want the drivers to see them. / Runners in the street want to be seen by the drivers.
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They’re selling the car at an auction. / The car is to be sold at at auction.
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The store will fix the computer for free. / The computer is to be fixed by the store for free.
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The government plans to release the information. / The information is to be released by the government.
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Bob asked someone to pick him up at the airport. / Bob asked to be picked up at the airport.
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They don’t want anyone to disturb them. / They don’t want to be disturbed by anyone.
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You need to wash this by hand. / This needs to be washed by hand.